Covid memorial statue

A memorial? Or a dystopian subtle reminder to everyone of possibly the worst time in everyones' lives? Weird.

 

All the people in production supply and distribution who have continued to work in conditions that despite the best efforts of some companies are definitely not "covid secure"

 

It should be a statue of Clarke Oduor scoring against Brentford, surely the brightest light in the last 12 months!

 

I think it should be a statue of Boris standing on a pile of bodies, scratching his head whilst looking at a "spot the difference" puzzle with a picture of an arse and a picture of an elbow.

 

Barnsley council are facing a budget deficit of around £16M.

They have to find £60m to cover the losses from the lockdown.

I'll assume the council hierarchy will still get their 5% payrise.

Housing rents are going up, its looking at somewhere in the region of 5%

I think they have other priorities than a macabre virtue signalling statue.

 

Instead of spending on a rather pointless statue for a (soon to be) developed area, they ought to spend it on sorting out Island Corner - it's a total embarrasment as it is at the moment. They could then call it memorial garden / square / place or whatever if need be

 

That's easy for him... everytime he looks in a mirror (which I suspect is a lot) he sees an arse. It even talks back.

 

I can sense that authorities and the political spheres will consider these token memorials to be something they feel they have to do. The symbolism of caring.

And if they do, well, so be it. But i'd see it as a waste. Covid has decimated lives. Brexit fallout will add to that. The combination of them make people in this country poorer and less safe and at some point relatively soon there will be a squeeze as unemployment increases and the tories aim to claw back the vast amounts of borrowing they've incurred.

At that point, every penny needs to be spent wisely and aimed at helping people. A swathe of metallic symbolism mid pandemic with more lives still to be lost and livelihoods taken... it just seems empty, vacuous and insensitive.

 

You can assume what you like about council pay, but it's not going anywhere.

It was frozen nationally from 2008-2017, and it's been frozen again this year, initially for one year but as part of a three year plan.

But keep banging on about snouts in troughs and all that.

 

Absolutely, and 10/10 for spelling his name correctly. Can be a bit tricky can Clarke